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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:13

  1. Open 3 mex and wind into Bot Lab.
  2. Put up Shipyard with naval turret and BP for defense.
  3. Send out "submarine" then "destroyer" to contest the sea.
  4. Bring geothermal online to fund the fleet.
  5. Add Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 636 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:17

    Some games also: wind for allies (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:51 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: Sentry (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. SkaterSkater ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:29 · typical 4:22
    5. Con turret
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SentrySentry
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:08 · typical 5:35
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin5 Dolphin
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 99 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. CorsairDestroyer
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:42 · typical 7:45
    6. Wind
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Wind ×3
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. Wind
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:16
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Wind ×2
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Wind
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. Construction ShipCon ship
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 11:32
    40. Wind
    41. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Energy storage
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. HorizonHorizon
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind
    55. TsunamiTsunami
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. TsunamiTsunami
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. TsunamiTsunami
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. TsunamiTsunami
    71. Wind ×3
    72. TsunamiTsunami
    73. Wind ×4
    74. TsunamiTsunami
    75. Wind ×3
    76. TsunamiTsunami
    77. Wind ×3
    78. TsunamiTsunami
    79. Wind ×5
    80. TsunamiTsunami
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×2
    84. TsunamiTsunami
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Metal storage
    87. Wind ×6
    88. Metal storage
    89. Wind ×5
    90. Metal storage
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KingBenjai's (48 OS, 22/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · in 89% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Armada geo sea nearly matches Cortex's economy numbers but wins slightly more often at 53%.

  • + Metal produced reaches 28785 by 15:00, the highest of the sea builds
  • + Own metal lost of 6895 stays well under enemy metal destroyed's 9048
  • − Geothermal only lands in 58% of games by 7:34
  • − T2 factory completes in only 40% of games by 12:43
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

KingBenjai

47.8 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
519 metal received · 17073 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

Played most by

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